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Issue 95: November 2005

Mobile Web Initiative Presents "Web on the Move"

2005-11-15: The Web on the Move was held on 15 November at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London, UK. MWI sponsors attended and Michael Wilson, W3C UK and Ireland Office, was master of ceremonies. Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, sent a recorded welcome address (MP3 audio). Read the media advisory and about the Mobile Web Initiative, a concerted effort to make the Web interoperable and usable for users of mobile devices.

Policy for Authorized W3C Translations Announced

2005-11-10: W3C is pleased to announce the Policy for Authorized W3C Translations. For the first time, W3C will allow recognition of translations as "authorized" when they are developed through the process defined in this policy, which is based on transparency, community accountability, and commitment to W3C oversight. At the same time, W3C will continue its existing translation process which has produced 700 unofficial translations in 44 languages. W3C warmly thanks all the translators who have contributed their work. Translations of W3C documents are an important resource that helps Web standards reach more people worldwide.

Become a W3C Supporter

2005-11-03: We are pleased to launch the W3C Supporters Program. W3C welcomes payments and goods such as hardware and software to support W3C's operations. Premier, Major, and Contributing Supporters are acknowledged on the W3C Web site, and may use logos on their own sites as emblems of their support for W3C. Read About W3C and about the W3C Supporters Program. W3C wishes to thank all current W3C Supporters.

W3C Process Document Published

2005-10-19: The 14 October 2005 W3C Process Document is operative. Reviewed by the W3C Membership and staff and produced by the Advisory Board, the Process Document describes the structure and operations of W3C. A summary of changes from the previous version is available.

W3C Holds Workshop on Internationalizing SSML

2005-11-02: W3C held the Workshop on Internationalizing the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) on 2-3 November hosted by IBM at the IBM China Research Lab in Beijing, China. Attendees discussed ways to improve rendering of non-English natural languages using the SSML W3C Recommendation which generates synthetic speech and controls pronunciation, volume, pitch and rate. Read the agenda, about W3C Workshops and visit the Voice Browser Activity home page.

W3C Launches Indian Office

2005-10-27: W3C is pleased to announce the opening of the W3C Indian Office in Noida, India. The Office is hosted by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC Noida). R. K. Verma is the Office Manager and the Deputy Office Manager is Vijay Gugnani. Stephane Boyera, Steve Bratt, Max Froumentin, Ivan Herman and Richard Ishida are among those who attended the opening ceremonies on 10-11 November in New Delhi. Read the press release and about W3C Offices.

XSLT 2.0, XML Query and XPath 2.0 Are W3C Candidate Recommendations

2005-11-03: W3C is pleased to announce eight Candidate Recommendations for XSLT, XML Query and XPath. Comments are welcome through 28 February. XSLT transforms documents into different markup or formats. Important for databases, search engines and object repositories, XML Query can perform searches, queries and joins over collections of documents. Both XSLT 2 and XQuery use XPath expressions and operate on XPath Data Model instances. Read the press release and visit the XML home page.

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The Challenges and Opportunities for the mobile web

Segala presents at the W3C Mobile Web Initiative's first European event.

The challenges and opportunities facing the Mobile Web were debated during the first European event held by the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) in London last week.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the MWI sponsors - key players in the mobile production chain, including authoring tool vendors, content providers, adaptation providers, handset manufacturers, browser vendors and mobile operators - organised a morning of presentations related to the vision and ambition for the Mobile Web, the challenges and potential, and the way in which the vision can be put into practice.

One key issue debated was the technological progress that has been made since the early days of WAP 1.0. There is now an impressive installed base of over 1.1 billion web capable handsets in use worldwide - a staggering 63% of total handsets. However, the more disappointing statistic is that 50% of these web capable phones have not actually been set up to use the Web.

One of the event sponsors - and also a member of the steering council - was Segala M Test, the Dublin based certification authority for Web accessibility and mobile content. Segala provides a branded and searchable trustmark that demonstrates compliance with industry standards that enables search engines and browsers to filter content contains this trustmark, helping to make the concept of personalised search a reality.

Speaking at the event, Segala's CEO Paul Walsh said: "There are now more phones in the UK than there are people. But to encourage greater usage of the Web from these phones and other devices, we need to make mobile web access as easy to use as access from a desktop - this is the driving force of the MWI."

"Standards are crucial to this, as are the guidelines and best practice. The work of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is relevant here because designing a site with its guidelines in mind automatically optimises it for other platforms and devices. This means that it is more likely to work on mobile devices. This really is access to the Web by anyone, anytime, anywhere."

The event was a positive step forward in raising awareness of the initiative whilst providing those who are going to use such standards with some useful guidance. It also provided an opportunity to share the vision of where the Web on mobile devices is now heading.

Ontologies and XML

Thursday 8th December 2005

Unipart Conference Centre

Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2PG Telephone 01865 384083

Conference Co-chairs: Martin Bryan and Ann Wrightson, CSW Group Ltd

Ontologies need not be taxing - taxonomies are not taxed - terms always mean what you want them to mean - but always remember that the next person to read your message will apply his own interpretation to the words you so carefully crafted to convey what you thought.

Is this a problem or just an academic diversion? Just think about it. You've invested heavily in XML as a means of standardising the way you represent information that has a vital role to play in your business. You use XML to exchange that information with your business partners. But do they understand it the way you do? If not, your efforts at improving the efficiency of communication may fall far short of your expectations. You need standard ways of defining and relating the terms that you use in business communications to ensure that meaning is conveyed reliably and efficiently. This is an issue affecting all organisations and businesses for which information communication with business partners is in any way important. This is where ontologies come in.

To register, please contact Mrs Yvonne Vine (admin@xmluk.org or +44/0 1793 721106) to request a registration form.

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